Singapore police say at least two cases involving tampered Ledger hardware wallets have been reported since Sept. 10, with combined losses of about 3.5 million Singapore dollars ($2.7 million). This is almost a month before the wider incident became public, though it is unclear whether the September 10 case was reported at the time, and the October 28 consumer alert described the police investigation as preliminary. On Oct. 9, Ledger issued a public alert about tampered devices found in the CryptoBilis supply chain, and almost $100 million was drained from wallets containing spyware components. On Oct. 13, Ledger asked retailers in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong to suspend sales of its devices while investigations continue.
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